Tangled in His Obsession (Seraphina)

Chapter 11

About two hours later, Seraphina found herself back at Leandro’s front door.

From the entrance, she could see the garage, and Leandro’s car seemed to be missing. Just as she was about to ring the doorbell, the door suddenly swung open from the inside.

Karan was slinging a big bag over her shoulder, yelling back into the house as she stepped out, “You stay put, no running around, got it? Your dad will be home tonight!”

Mid–sentence, she turned her head and saw Seraphina standing at the doorway, looking taken aback and then annoyed, “Didn’t you already take off? Why are you back here?”

“Karan, I think I left something here, so I came back,” Seraphina replied with a smile, then glanced at Karan’s bag. “You heading out?”

Karan grimaced, adjusting her bag and grunting in response.

Seraphina hesitated for a moment before asking, “Can I go in and look for my stuff?”

Looking like she was pressed for time, Karan shot her an irritable glance, “Just go in and find whatever you need, and leave as soon as possible! And don’t go chattering with Valerio, gol it?”

Seraphina nodded promptly, “Alright, got it. Take care, Karan!”

With that, Karan hurried off, looking like she was indeed in a rush.

working on a pile of

at him with a smile, but he quickly looked down and started

upstairs and was back down in no time. Despite having spent the night here, her recorder had always been in her bag, so if it had fallen out, it would have happened in

situation left her with no choice but to wait for Leandro. But

this, she approached Valerio. He didn’t look at her but seemed to sense her approaching, his sketching grew even more frantic the closer

as she picked up the assignment brief

assignment was for the child to create a family album with the help of their parents, featuring

the family portrait four identical stick figures, big heads atop bodies made up

that the figures were supposed to represent Bruce, Gloria, Leandro, and Valerio himself. But it seemed like a crucial person was missing. However, the rough sketching didn’t seem

Valerio’s sketching became erratic.

“You’re one lucky kid. I haven’t drawn

out Bruce and Gloria. When it came to drawing Leandro, she paused and handed the pencil to Valerio, “Would you like

at her sketches of Bruce and Gloria for a moment before accepting the pencil from her and copying her style to draw

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resembled Leandro.

quickly averted her gaze and pointed to the last empty spot on the paper, “Now it’s time to draw yourself.”

pencil, his brows furrowed in deep thought, but

the pencil from him, “Let me help

front of her. Valerio was truly beautiful, with flawless skin, dark hair, and

lowered her gaze, starting to sketch with her long eyelashes casting a

so quiet? Girls your age aren’t usually into the silent type. How do